RAM

[=BDC=Kenny]

I currently have a 256mb stick of ram. If i get a 512MB stick of ram, what will it do?

[Si|ent]

Erm, treble your RAM amount.

[l2ebel]

make your pc explode

[Guardians Proper]

It'll give your computer more memory...

[erorr404]

if you play some of the newer games, you should be getting horrible stuttering with 256MB. 768MB will improve that significantly.

[=BDC=Kenny]

make your pc explode

lmao

if you play some of the newer games, you should be getting horrible stuttering with 256MB. 768MB will improve that significantly.

Umm is San Andreas one of those games? Because when i play SA, it works fine with a GeForce 6600 AGP (I got a new graphics card to replace that GeForce 2 MX ) and lags just a bit, err, and will it make the comp faster when oyu start it up? Because when i start up my comp, I have to wait like for 30 secs to get to work/play with it properly (probably because of MSN messenger)

[Quig]

lol well considering winXP requires a minimum of 256mb of ram to operate properly getting another stick of 512 is prob a good idea

[orappa]

Get as much RAM as possible. RAM is the cheapest upgrade you can get, yet it's surprisingly effective. And Rockstar said the more RAM, the better.

My Mac has a nifty feature that shows you what proportion of an application's memory usage is RAM and what proportion is virtual memory (i.e. stored on the hard disk). It's a real eye-opener that has caused me to buy a 1 GB stick of RAM. I'm not certain if Windows' Task Manager has this.

[erorr404]

make your pc explode

lmao

if you play some of the newer games, you should be getting horrible stuttering with 256MB. 768MB will improve that significantly.

Umm is San Andreas one of those games? Because when i play SA, it works fine with a GeForce 6600 AGP (I got a new graphics card to replace that GeForce 2 MX ) and lags just a bit, err, and will it make the comp faster when oyu start it up? Because when i start up my comp, I have to wait like for 30 secs to get to work/play with it properly (probably because of MSN messenger)

im not sure about San Andreas, but definately HL2, Doom 3, and even 768MB may not be enough for BF2.

[Guest]

All the random access memory in the world won't make up for a bullshit processor.

[Leviathan]

note that windows itself allso takes a amount of your RAM, so more RAM is allways better, SA plays veary good on my 1024

[l2ebel]

Get as much RAM as possible. RAM is the cheapest upgrade you can get, yet it's surprisingly effective. And Rockstar said the more RAM, the better.

My Mac has a nifty feature that shows you what proportion of an application's memory usage is RAM and what proportion is virtual memory (i.e. stored on the hard disk). It's a real eye-opener that has caused me to buy a 1 GB stick of RAM. I'm not certain if Windows' Task Manager has this.

i wish it had

[Leviathan]

only 100 bucks for 1GB RAM

[=BDC=Kenny]

Get as much RAM as possible. RAM is the cheapest upgrade you can get, yet it's surprisingly effective. And Rockstar said the more RAM, the better.

My Mac has a nifty feature that shows you what proportion of an application's memory usage is RAM and what proportion is virtual memory (i.e. stored on the hard disk). It's a real eye-opener that has caused me to buy a 1 GB stick of RAM. I'm not certain if Windows' Task Manager has this.

i wish it had

Umm.. there is... Ctrl+Alt+Delete>Processes... but it doesnt show the total out of the ram's mb

[njr1489]

http://www.pricewatch.com

Utopia saved my life with this PC site lol.